Singapore is set to execute another Nigerian, Chijoke Stephen Obioha, on Friday.
This is in spite of the appeal by Amnesty International to Singapore to halt the planned execution.
Obioha was found guilty of possession of drugs and has been on the death row.
His appeal for clemency has been rejected and his family so informed.
Amnesty International is, however, making a last minute attempt to save Obioha’s life.
Rafendi Djamin, its Director for South-East Asia and the Pacific, said: “The Singapore government still has time to halt the execution of Chijoke Stephen Obioha. We are dismayed that clemency has not been granted in his case, but remain hopeful that they won’t carry out this cruel and irreversible punishment against a person sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for a crime that should not even be punished by death.
“The death penalty is never the solution. It will not rid Singapore of drugs. By executing people for drug-related offences, which do not meet the threshold of most serious crimes, Singapore is violating international law.
“Most of the world has turned its back on this ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It is about time that Singapore does the same, starting by restoring a moratorium on all executions as a first step towards abolition of this punishment.”
Obioha was found in possession of more than 2.6kg of cannabis in April 2007, surpassing the allowable 500 grammes in the country.
